Bust-supporter.



M. HACKER.

BUST SUPPORTER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 12, 1-911 l fiz saga Patented Apr. 9, 1m

INVENTOR ATTORNEY MARIE HACKER, OF ALLENHURST, NEW JERSEY.

BUST-SUPPORTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 9, 1918.

Application filed September 12, 1917. Serial No. 191,028.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARIE HACKER, a citlzen of the United States, residing at Allenhurst, in the county of Monmouth and State of .New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bust-Supporters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to bust supporters and the object thereof is to provide a simply constructed, cheap and efficient device of this character which may be worn either with or without a corset and which is especially useful in gymnasium work.

Another object is to produce a device of this character which While effectively supporting the bust and holding it firmly against movement is yet cool and comfortable to wear.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 represents a perspective view of this improved supporter shown applied taken from the front of the wearer,

Fig. 2 is a similar view taken from the rear, and

Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail front elevation of the meeting or connected ends of the supporter shown arranged in juXta-position ready for assembling, said view being taken from the inside of the device.

The bust supporter constituting this invention is shown in the form of a body encircling member 1 adapted to pass around the wearer below the shoulder blades and under the bust. Leading from the center of the back of said band or member 1 and se cured thereto, being preferably made integral with said band, as shown at 2 are a pair of diverging shoulder straps 3 here shown made integral with the body encircling member 1 although they need not necessarily be so made. These straps 3 which pass over the shoulders of the wearer in opposite directions have their free ends connected, being here shown overlapped and provided at their connected terminals with a fastening element in the form of a hook l which is designed to engage a co operating'fastening element in the form of an eye 5 shown attached to the body member at the center front thereof. Another fastening hook 4 is shown spaced inwardly from hook 4: to provide forthe adj ustment of the support to cause it to lit tightly or loosely at the will of the user.

The connected free ends of the shoulder straps may be ornamented in any suitable manner, a rosette 6 being here shown for this purpose.

- This supporter is preferably constructed ofastrip of elastic material folded midway its ends and crossed intermediately of said ends and secured as shown at 2 to provide the body encircling member 1 and the shoulder straps 3. This strip may be of any suitable or desired width being preferably about one-half inch.

In the use of this improved supporter, the application thereof is accomplished by slipping the body encircling member 1 over the head and arms with the shoulder straps hanging down the back. The member 1 is then adjusted as high under the bust as possible, with the fastening element 5 disposed at the center front thereof as is shown clearly in Fig. 1. The suspenders or shoulder straps which are connected at their free ends are then brought up over the head of the wearer and one of the hooks 4 or 4: is engaged with the eye 5, and when so connected, the device will be in the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2, it being obvious that owing to its elasticity it will operate effectively to support the bust of the wearer and hold it firmly against movement, thereby presenting a sightly appearance of a person not wearing a corset, or it may be used with a corset having a very low bust.

The shoulder straps 3 while they are here shown made integral with the body encircling member 1 need not necessarily be so made and may be composed of any material found desirable. The elasticity of this device permits the wearer to freely move her body without in any way being discommoded by the support. 7

From the foregoing desc-iption, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings the advantages of the construction and of the method of operation will be readily ap parent to those skilled in the art to which the invention appertains and while I have thereof, I desire to have it understood that the device shown is merely illustrative and that such changes may be made as are Within the scope of the claimed invention.

1 claim 1. A bust support comprising a body encircling member with shoulder straps secured to said member at the center of the back thereof and having their other ends engaged with each other and secured to the center front of said body encircling member.

2. A bust support comprising a body oncircling band With shoulder straps extending from the center of the back of said band and having their free ends connected, said straps forming one member of said support and the band another, one of said members being elastic, the free ends of said straps being connected to the center front of said band.

3. A one-piece bust support comprising a less body encircling member provided with shoulder straps extending from the center of the bacl: thereof and having their free ends united and cooperating fastening elements carried respectively by said united strap ends and by the center front of said body member whereby the device may be readily applied and removed.

l. A bust supporter comprising a strip of elastic material crossed at a point intermediately of its ends andsecured at said point of intersection to form a body encircling member With diverging shoulder straps extended therefrom, the terminals of said straps being secured together, and cooperating fastening elements carried by said con ne'cted strap ends and by the center front of said body member, respectively.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of tWo Witnesses.

MARIE l-lriCKER.

/Vitnesses:

WILLIAM S, FOWLER, JOHN E. BURCH.

Gopics of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0. 

